Daily Republican., 1887-07-27
Hpness CLERKS.

remarkably strange that people
who sn ploy 6nan ,iers to do their bust
mass ne 20, discover that their money is
stolen and squAndered unttl 1t 10 too
late 70 get IL back. A clerk is often |
en- ployed who has charge OF the receipts
and disbursements OF money, but the |
employer 10 few short years wakes up
to find tbs, his conf iential clerk has
t.k-n good care Of himself and die.
burssi n!s money In other than legih-
mate chsnnela Why did not the en-
ployer 6ud this ont sooner? He GER
tain,y was to blame for not kno wing
vhat became Of his money. To Let his
COZ q den .ial clerk have full charge Of
his m ,uey, ex xpeoting him to do what
Vas right, was but an invitation for
him to steal Il. We have fair Illus
trasiou OF this species Of clerk In Joseph
M. White, cashier OF the Philsdelphla
Times, who turned out scoundrel and
robbed his em ployers Of from $40. 900 to
$4,000, AMI nobody knows how much
more. S,ound-els have suoh . way OF
covering up their tracks to hide their
gull. taa. i. is very hard to fud out
how great rogues they are. White was
n trus ed cle.k under . v!gtlsnt em-
ploysr, and yet he began stealing the
very f.s. year be was on the paper. He
seemed 20 have NO bad habits, but WAS
simply extrAvagans In his way OF
living. He had no occasion to steal,
for he was paid $50 woek salary. 1t,
however, took Sl25 week 70 put him
through. He WAS simply . thief and
deserves all the pupishment the IL can
give him. TIE MAn who demands your
money or lie on the Ugh way 10 entitled
to some respect, "a be shows bravery OF
least. B1. the scoundrel who, under q
gutse OF friendship aua shielded BY q
care,ss. or too confdins trust, robs hil
employer, then the Ia v and public sen.
tlmen: soould let the sword Of lay and
Justice fall heavily. All men may be
honest, but they need Watching. 1t Ia
an old out true ssy.ng that Is Is too late
to 10 * me stable when the horse Is
stolen. Experts should be early, and
not alter the money Is gone. A little
bit OF Common sense, ho Eever, would
have shown the proprletors OF the
Pailsdslpdia Times thai White was
living In style far beyond what his
incoms afforded. The business man
canao 30 TOO careful OF the clerks be
employs L: Is not enough to know
that u. gees to church, chews no TO-
bAcoc, drinks no whisky aud does not
swear These are too often but closk'
to the villain. The papers OF the day
are fall OF the defalo4tIons and thelts
OF 1ai; su3h mer. Z yery employer
oughi 10 know the exact habits OF hii
clerks. He should know where they
spend their evenings aud their spar,
moments through the day. Il take
but TOW m oments 20 gamble away
fortuue. A man can In momens TAX
an option upon worthless stock ths
may ssep away the earnings OF years
The man who CANDLES is not homes
and sao1ld never be employed In q ca
patty where his honesty has TO b
tested, aui the employer who does nc
know whether his trusted clerks gam
Bile /. not sharp enough to carry on
succe,afal business. A large salAr,
paid to a clerk is no security that thn
same clerk will not roo his employer
White could have lived very respects
bly, In PollaGelphia on $50 week, bu
he didn's do It, II took more than twic
that mu,h. His employer easy goin
souls, never thought Of looking ait'
him to see how he lived. His ia
horses, aud perhaps faster women, new
opened their eyes until they found tn
were robbed. We almost said they
serve to be robbed, but We von's say
They deserve better men tor clerks, b
they won't get them unless they 10
after them more spd know more abe
their every lay, private lives and Oh
acters.